Off the Mark

The Senate Armed Services Committee today released its schedule for marking up the fiscal year 2010 defense authorization bill.

On Tuesday, June 23, the personnel, airland, strategic forces, readiness and seapower subcommittees will mark up their portions of the bill, followed the next day by the emerging threats and capabilities subpanel.

The full committee will then mark up the bill beginning on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 24 and could go all the way to Friday, June 26, according to a committee statement.

The entire mark-up process will be closed to the public.